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loxodromic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /lɒksəˈdɹɒmɪk/

Etymology

From French loxodromique, from Ancient Greek λοξός (loxós, “oblique”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to motion at a constant angle to the meridians; on a set compass bearing.
   • […]and who was himself on the early threshold of a decision precisely the opposite in its motives and predispositions, a ship, as it were, straining at its moorings in a contrary current and arming for its sinuous and loxodromic voyage to the richer though silted harbor of Rye[…] 1969 November 10, John Fowles, chapter 59, in The French Lieutenant’s Woman, 1st US edition, Boston, Mass.; Toronto, Ont.: Little, Brown and Company […], →OCLC, page 344:
2. (not-comparable) Preserving angles between curves, such as in a Möbius transformation that is not elliptic or parabolic.

Deriveds

nonloxodromic · loxodromic transformation · loxodrome · loxodromically

loxodromic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /lɒksəˈdɹɒmɪk/

Etymology

From French loxodromique, from Ancient Greek λοξός (loxós, “oblique”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”).

Meanings

1. A path or curve on the surface of a sphere that intersects all meridians at a constant angle.

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